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Race Condition Affecting openjdk-jre package, versions [11.0.0,11.0.9) [15.0.0,15.0.1)

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.29% (69th percentile)
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NVD
5.3 medium
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SUSE
5.3 medium
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Red Hat
5.3 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UPSTREAM-OPENJDKJRE-1020119
  • published 21 Oct 2020
  • disclosed 20 Oct 2020
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 20 Oct 2020

CVE-2020-14803 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-362 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade openjdk-jre to version 11.0.9, 15.0.1 or higher.

Overview

openjdk-jre is a free and open-source implementation of the Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE).

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Race Condition. It was discovered that the NIO Buffer implementation in the Libraries component of OpenJDK contained a race condition affecting boundary checks. An untrusted Java application or applet could use this flaw to bypass certain Java sandbox restrictions.